I think my favourite of that lot is 'Start!' and that's largely down to the 'Taxman' sample, so really I'd prefer to listen to the original anyway :kink:

Didn't vote in this again sorry (maybe I will contribute to one of these one day...) but will try and follow the results.

 

'Pass The Dutchie' and 'Candy Girl' are both pretty good, not sure they'd have made a top 30 for me tbf but they don't deserve 0 points. Am I allowed to admit that 'There's No One Quite Like Grandma' is a guilty pleasure as well

I kinda like the theme from MASH, Suicide is Painless, but Im more familiar with the later cover by the Manics

John Lennon's Woman is not bad but a bit cheesy

The Jam ones are the songs I'd most likely to listen to but think you probably have to be a big fan of the band to be voting for those three in this. A good chance of another act to have three revealed today?

I bought mash, jacko but both tracks are 70s not 80s, and john lennon musical youth and smokey robinson topped my charts of the time. Start is also a goodie. The others are not really surprising nul pointers...

Why did the MASH theme not chart until 1980 in the UK? The original is from 1970

Edited December 12, 20213 yr by Bjork

Why did the MASH theme not chart until 1980 in the UK? The original is from 1970

It was championed by Noel Edmunds on radio 1 back when that was enough it seems. Not sure why it didn't chart in the 70s.

No major losses in that lot, although i'm not sure Pass The Dutchie or Green Door quite deserved zero points.

 

I'm not surprised the Michael Jackson track has gone, I still find it odd that this was his first UK #1. Not Rock With You or Don't Stop Til You Get Enough... this utterly forgettable record. Of all the Lennon in 1980-81, Woman is the lowlight and prevented the truly fantastic In The Air Tonight from being #1.

 

I guess the 1979 ‘Off The Wall’ release was his first big break through album (although he was obviously in the Jackson’s) and it was hard to get a number one due to that then ‘One Day’ was the first new song after that so his popularity meant it hit the top spot, just building to the ‘Thriller’ era!

It was championed by Noel Edmunds on radio 1 back when that was enough it seems. Not sure why it didn't chart in the 70s.

 

Was it released in the 70s? Always thought Mash ended around the start of 1980!?

NO 159- ZERO POINTS

 

 

You'll Never Walk Alone The Crowd- No 1 for 2 weeks in June 1985- Charity records take a bashing again- even if "celebrity" is stretching it on this one!

 

 

Frankie Sister Sledge- No 1 for 4 weeks in June/ July 1985- Their only No 1 single but it wasn't a classic in your eyes

 

 

I Got You Babe UB40 & Chrissie Hynde- No 1 for 1 week in August 1985- Both acts have other entries to come but this wasn't a winner for you

 

 

Dancing In The Street David Bowie & Mick Jagger- No 1 for 4 weeks in September 1985- Another charity track we'd rather forget

 

 

When The Going Gets Tough, The Tough Gets Going Billy Ocean- No 1 for 4 weeks in February/March 1986- It remains better than the Boyzone cover so it has that anyway

 

 

Living Doll Cliff Richard & The Young Ones- No 1 for 4 weeks in March/April 1986- Charity schmarity- out goes this and Cliff has only one other entry to offer

 

 

The Chicken Song Spitting Image- No 1 for 3 weeks in May 1986- The joke ran thin here

 

 

Spirit In The Sky Dr & The Medics- No 1 for 3 weeks in June 1986- Presumably not the version that inspired Gareth Gates

 

 

I Want To Wake Up With You Boris Gardner- No 1 for 3 weeks in August/September 1986- "Lovers Rock" as it was termed at the time hasn't found fans here

 

 

Every Loser Wins Nick Berry- No 1 for 3 weeks in October/November 1986- Do they Nick? Well actually he clearly did with a 700,000 selling single.

 

 

Everything I Own Boy George- No 1 for 2 weeks in March 1987- His first solo hit and only chart topper but you've shown it the door

 

 

Let It Be Ferry Aid- No 1 for 3 weeks in April 1987- Another charity track and the first S/A/W production to bow out.

 

 

Anitina (The First Time I See She Dance) M/A/R/R/S- No 1 for 2 weeks in October 1987- I suspected this would struggle....

 

 

Don't Turn Around Aswad- No 1 for 2 weeks in March/April 1988- An old Tina Turner B-Side that we thought should have stayed that way

 

With A Little Help From My Friends Wet, wet, wet/ Billy Bragg & She's Leaving Home Billy Bragg & Cara Tivey- No 1 for 4 weeks in May/June 1988- It doesn't matter what side you were offered you gave them both zero points

 

 

Nothing's Gonna Change My Love For You Glenn Medeiros- No 1 for 4 weeks in July 1988- It appears something has changed- our love for this one

 

 

A Groovy Kind Of Love Phil Collins- No 1 for 2 weeks in September 1988- We don't seem too happy with ballads these days- Collins has another 2 entries though

 

 

The First Time Robin Beck- No 1 for 3 weeks in November/ December 1988- Thanks to a Coke advert- we prefer Coke Zero now it looks like. This is a 6th track from 88 which matches 86 in terms of the year with the most zero point entries.

 

 

Ferry Cross The Mersey Scouse Aid- No 1 for 3 weeks in May/ June 1989- Another charity S/A/W track

 

 

That's What I Like Jive Bunny & The Mastermixers- No 1 for 3 weeks in October/November 1989- The only surprise here is that not ALL the Jive Bunny No 1's got zero points!

 

 

Let's Party Jive Bunny & The Mastermixers- No 1 for 1 week in December 1989- Festive attempt by the bunny including samples of a Gary Glitter track which have now been "erased".

Billy Ocean seems like a surprise nil pointer, it’s not an absolute fave of mine or anything but zero feels a bit harsh

I assume I am the only one Star Trekkin. Not much of a spoiler. And Billy Ocean song was my 33so that was close.

 

Edited December 12, 20213 yr by JackJones

'Spirit In The Sky' is probably my favourite there in a sea of no big losses again

I assume I am the only one Star Trekkin.

 

Dutch language version reached # 2 in my retrospective weekly charts.

 

 

Chart run : 3-2-2-4-8-7-9-10-14-20

Some of these I kinda like, I remember liking Robin Beck-First Time quite a lot as a kid

also don't mind I Got You Babe, Everything I Own or A Groovy Kind of Love, but don't lvoe them enough to give them points I guess

Dancing In The Street and Groovy Kind Of Love are probably the best ones from that list.

I forgot to vote in this but Don't Turn Around I might have given a few points to if I had, sad to see it get 0 points. Its a very nice song. When The Going Gets Tough by Billy Ocean is quite good and yet another 60s influenced 80s #1 but I prefer the more contemporary late 80s R&B/freestyle grooves of Billy Ocean's Get Outta My Dreams...

 

The Chicken Song definitely is one of the worst #1s ever in my opinion. Sister Sledge's Frankie is very cheesy in my opinion, definitely not one of their best songs.

 

The First Time by Robin Beck, another cheesy second half of the 80s track, I admit though I liked the Sunblock remix in 2006!

Edited December 12, 20213 yr by Snakin' Stevens

The Chicken Song is iconic, it may have even made my votes on a good day x

There’s was def a few here I was gonna point including Billy Ocean which is a great song a long track, Phil Collins, Bowie/Jagger, Aswad, Glen Mederios, Spirit in the Sky, Cliff Richard and Sister Sledge!

Billy Ocean and Bowie/Jagger are undeserved zero pointers!

 

And if it hadn't been for too many greats that I couldn't waste points on something I only enjoyed for a bit of comedy value then I would have chucked The Chicken Song a couple of points, I think it's great! :lol: